Description of University of Pennsylvania Oversize Ms. Codex 2355: Ricerche storiche sopra la bolla denominata In Coena Domini. University of Pennsylvania 2026-07-20 2026-07-20 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Oversize Ms. Codex 2355: Ricerche storiche sopra la bolla denominata In Coena Domini. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2026 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title from caption title (f. 2r); alternate cover title Ricerche storiche sopra la bolla In C[o]ena Domini 1. f.2r-3r: Epoca della bolla -- 2. f.3r-5v: Autorità della bolla -- 3. f.5v-7r: Questa bolla -- 4. f.7v-9v: Se la bolla Coena sia contraria ai diritti dei principi -- 5. f.9v-13r: Della controversia di S. Pio V col Re Filippo II -- 6. f.13v-14v: Come debba il confessore regolarsi nel foro della coscienza col penitente in corso in qualche caso in bulla Coena, nell' apotesi che a tal bolla Coena negato in placito regio. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Oversize Ms. Codex 2355 9977388952803681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1581092089 Italian treatise in six parts on the history and authority of the papal bull In Coena Domini, published annually in Rome on Maundy Thursday from the 14th century into the 18th, presenting categories of offenses punishable by excommunication with absolution only possible from the pope. The fourth and fifth parts consider the conflict between papal and civil powers. In 1768 following the excommunication of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, by Clement XIII, several leaders of European countries issued edicts opposing this practice. Italian Ricerche storiche sopra la bolla denominata In Coena Domini. 2r Epoca della bolla 3r Autorità della bolla 5v Questa bolla 7v Se la bolla Coena sia contraria ai diritti dei principi 9v Della controversia di S. Pio V col Re Filippo II 13v Come debba il confessore regolarsi nel foro della coscienza col penitente in corso in qualche caso in bulla Coena, nell' apotesi che a tal bolla Coena negato in placito regio

paper

 20 leaves : 292 x 195 (235 x 165-170) mm bound to 295 x 200 mm

Paper, 20; 1²⁰; [1-20], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

 Written in 29-32 long lines; upper and left margins on each page with some marginal notes in the left margin, probably in the hand of the author. Written in semicursive script, probably by a single hand.

Heavy paper wrapper with title Ricerche storiche sopra la bolla In C[o]ena Domini written in ink on the front cover; another inscription in ink on the front cover has been written over so as to be illegible but includes the date 1772.

Written in Italy between 1768 (latest date in manuscript, note, f. 12r) and 1772 (front cover).

between 1768 and 1772 Italy Sold at auction at Bloomsbury Auctions (New York), 10 July 2018, lot 97. In Coena Domini bulls Excommunication--Catholic Church Church and state--Catholic Church codices (bound manuscripts) treatises Manuscripts, Italian--18th century Manuscripts, European